The Employment Rights Bill (ERB), the UK government’s flagship legislation for employment law reform, is continuing its passage through the parliamentary process to become law. Having grown and developed since first introduced in October 2024, yet more amendments were tabled on 7 July 2025. These come less than a week after the government published its roadmap providing an indicative timetable for consultation and implementation of the ERB (read more on our employment law watch blog) and will be debated during July.
To the extent the amendments are government-backed, they stand a good chance of going through. These include new provisions restricting the use of confidentiality provisions for silencing harassment and discrimination, amendments to soften the fire and rehire provisions, and an extension of bereavement leave rights to cover miscarriage.Continue Reading UK Employment law reform – further amendments to the Employment Rights Bill